RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2018-172 :: Thursday, 20 September 2018
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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2018-#172
Thursday, 20 September 2018
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1. New York Times: The Plot to Subvert an Election. Unraveling the Russia Story So Far. For two years, Americans have tried to absorb the details of the 2016 attack -hacked emails, social media fraud, suspected spies – and President Trump’s claims that it’s all a hoax. The Times explores what we know and what it means.
2. New York Times: A Timeline Showing the Full Scale of Russia’s Unprecedented Interference in the 2016 Election, and Its Aftermath.
3. Washington Examiner: Michael Barone, The air has seeped out of the Russia/collusion balloon.
4. Russia Beyond: What dire consequences will global warming wreck on Russia and the world? [rbth.com/science-and-tech/329165-global-warming-russia-climate-change]
5. Moscow Times: Russia’s Population Decreases for First Time in a Decade.
6. TASS: Women make up 43% of researchers in Russia vs 29% worldwide.
7. Kremlin.ru: Second Eurasian Women’s Forum.
8. Meduza: Russia is throwing out suspicious gubernatorial election results in Primorsky Krai.
9. Pravda.ru: Gubernatorial elections in Russia: Stop, cancel, start again.
10. Bear Market Brief: September Elections.
11. TASS: Detecting hate speech: Top court says not all ‘extremist’ likes can be reason for jail.
12. www.rt.com: Supreme Court speaks out against formal approach in trials over extremist internet reposts.
13. Bear Market Brief: Infrastructure spending gets big money bump.
14. Financial Times: Russia has positioned itself to be a global oil price-maker. Moscow’s influence set to grow further once US sanctions on Iranian exports begin.
15. Bloomberg: Russia Oil Production Jumps to a New Post-Soviet Record.
16. TASS: Russian PM does not rule out expansion of trade wars, sanctions in the next 6 years.
17. TASS: Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Trump does about-face on Nord Stream 2 sanctions.
18. AP: World Anti-Doping Agency Reinstates Russia.
19. The Unz Review: Andrei Martyanov, The Shootdown of Russia’s IL-20. [unz.com/article/the-shootdown-of-russias-il-20/]
20. TASS: Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Response to Il-20 tragedy unlikely, Kremlin needs Israel to contain Iran in Syria.
21. The National Interest: Paul Pillar, An Unending U.S. War in Syria?. Ignoring uncomfortable truths about the Syria conflict keeps getting in the way of sober policymaking.
22. Bloomberg: Leonid Bershidsky, Suddenly, Putin Is Playing Nice in Syria. Trump’s willingness to confront the Assad regime has changed the balance of power.
23. www.paulcraigroberts.org: Paul Craig Roberts, Can Russia Survive Her “Partnerships”? Has Putin Made A Strategic Miscalculation? [paulcraigroberts.org/2018/09/18/can-russia-survive-her-partnerships-has-putin-made-a-strategic-miscalculation/]
24. Dances With Bears: John Helmer, GIFT TO THE SULTAN – TEXT OF RUSSIA-TURKEY AGREEMENT OF SEPTEMBER 17, 2018, ESTABLISHING TURKISH PROTECTORATE OF IDLIB. (excerpt) [johnhelmer.net/gift-to-the-sultan-text-of-russia-turkey-agreement-of-september-17-2018-establishing-turkish-protectorate-of-idlib/#more-19788]
25. Valdai Discussion Club: Vladimir Yevseyev, PROSPECTS OF SOLVING THE IDLIB PROBLEM. [valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/prospects-of-solving-the-idlib-problem/]
26. www.zerohedge.com: Trump Weighs In On The Single Worst Mistake In American History.
27. www.rt.com: Norway didn’t know much about Libya yet helped bomb it into chaos, state report finds. [rt.com/news/438683-norway-libya-war-report/]
28. The Blog Mire: Rob Slane, CCTV Footage Shows Petrov & Boshirov Close to the Skripals – Only it’s Not at Mr Skripal’s House. (excerpt) [theblogmire.com/cctv-footage-shows-petrov-boshirov-close-to-the-skripals-only-its-not-at-mr-skripals-house/]
29. Interfax: Russia rejects reports of Skripal suspects being GRU agents.
30. Novaya Gazeta: Russian daily looks at unanswered questions in Skripal case.
31. TASS: Poroshenko admits most Ukrainians did not feel any improvement of living conditions
32. Awful Avalanche: Russian Holy War Heats Up – Again.[awfulavalanche.wordpress.com/2018/09/20/russian-holy-war-heats-up-again/]
33. www.rt.com: Ukrainian region bans Russian language songs, films, books…and more. [rt.com/news/438852-ukraine-russian-culture-banned/]
34. Russia Beyond: Who started the Cold War? U.S. and Russian historians clash. [rbth.com/history/329163-who-started-cold-war]
